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Carl O. Tangen, editor of the Norwegian Syndicalist Federation's organ "Alarm," protests the conviction of the Scottsboro Boys in the 1933 Decatur trials, presided over by Judge Horton. Tangen argues that this most recent sentence is an expression of racial hatred, declares the Scottsboro Boys' innocence, and calls for their release. The letter also states that the NSF and other Norwegian unions and groups are working towards a boycott of American goods until justice is served.

Translation

Envelope
Oslo Local Unions
Box 2003, Oslo
Telephone 12132

Letter
Norwegian Syndicalist Federation
Organ “Alarm” Box 2003, Oslo
Telephone 12132 Telegram “Federation”
Oslo 4/25 1933
To the Governor of Alabama,
Through the American Embassy in Oslo.
The meeting of comrades in Oslo from the Oslo, Hærums, Nordstrand, Nesodden, Oppegård, and Sörumsands local Unions together with the Oslo Syndicalist Youth Organization wish to express their strongest protest against the upholding of the death penalty against the innocent Negro boys in Scottsboro, AL.
We take the view that since their innocence is proven, they must naturally be granted their freedom.
We see in the upholding of the death penalty only a manifestation of racial hatred and an effort to target differently thinking people, a process which scarcely is in accordance with law and justice.
We demand therefore that these young Negro boys be freed, and if this does not happen, we will to the extent possible work for a boycott of American goods until justice has prevailed.
On behalf of the meeting of comrades,
Carl O. Tangen